Subject: Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc/mail/mimedefang
To: Mark Davies <mark@mcs.vuw.ac.nz>
From: John Nemeth <jnemeth@victoria.tc.ca>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 07/09/2003 05:01:07
On Nov 23,  3:46pm, John Nemeth wrote:
} On Nov 24,  6:54am, Mark Davies wrote:
} } 	From:  jnemeth@victoria.tc.ca (John Nemeth)
} } 	Date:  Thu, 3 Jul 2003 16:07:59 -0700

     Hmm..., talking to myself...

} } >      Do you have MIMEDefang running?  If so, on which version.  I tried
} } > running it on 1.5.2 and didn't have any luck.  So, I upgraded to 1.6.1
} } > and still didn't have any luck.  All it does for me is crash when
} } > sendmail tries to connect to it.  I have perl-5.8.0nb1 and pth-2.0.0
} } > installed.
} } 
} } Well our mail hub is actually a Solaris box, so I know the package works 
} } there.  Unfortunately for this package the extent of the testing I can do on 
} } NetBSD is that it builds (actually thats not true, given a little time I could 
}      Building it isn't a problem.  Running it is a different story.
} 
} } rig up something to test it out but its not my standard setup).
} 
}      I've been thinking of rigging a test on a -current system to see
} if maybe the problem is with pth.  If it works on -current, maybe I'll
} try different pthread libraries on the 1.6.1 box.  I'll report back
} after I do some more tests.

     I tried it on a -current system usings sources from July 5th.  It
worked (sans a bug in the default filter).  I guess next will be to try
a different pthread library on 1.6.1.

}-- End of excerpt from John Nemeth